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Changing Politics. Government, Parliament and Parties in Italy at the Dawn of the 18th Legislature [Special issue]

open access: closed, 2020
The public’s distrust of the Italian parliament has spread like a pandemic over the past few years. According to the Eurobarometer data, in the last fifteen years the portion of the Italian population declaring a measure of trust in the country’s highest representative institution has never exceeded one third.
Pedrazzani, Andrea   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Esquerda ou direita? A projeção dos partidos na composição do legislativo municipal de Paranaíba-MS ( 2008-2016) / Left or right? The projection of the parties in the composition of the municipal legislature of Paranaíba-MS (2008-2016)

Brazilian Journal of Development, 2022
The emergence of the right and left categories to indicate political positions took place in the post-French Revolution context in the 18th century. After that, in the 19th century, in Europe, the left category became associated with liberal policies ...
Igor Angelo Volpati Lima, A. Souza
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Senate Demographic Clout: An 18th century specification of 21th century America politics

Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science, 2022
At the Philadelphia Convention in 1787 that produced the US Federal Constitution, it was agreed that the legislature would be bi-cameral in order to accommodate two very different criteria: states as constitutive members of the union and democratic ...
P. Taylor, J. Archer
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Gender penalty and electoral outcomes in the 2018 Italian elections

, 2020
The number of women in the Italian parliament has steadily increased in recent decades, leading to a share of about 36 per cent of female legislators in the Chamber of Deputies in the 18th legislature.
Pamela Pansardi, L. Pinto
semanticscholar   +1 more source

From Estate under Pressure to Spiritual Pressure Group: The Bishops and Parliament

Parliamentary History, 2018
This essay traces the mutating place of the anglican bishops within the house of lords to explore revolutionary changes in the relationship between religion, parliament and political pressure from the late 17th to the 20th centuries.
Stephen Taylor, Richard Huzzey
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Waving the same flag? Government legislation and obstructionism during the COVID-19 crisis in Italy

Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica
This study examines the amendatory activities of the majority and opposition parties in the Italian 18th legislature (2018–2022) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.
Paolo Gambacciani   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Policy Coalition Building in an Authoritarian Legislature: Evidence From China’s National Assemblies (1983-2007)

Comparative Political Studies, 2018
Recent studies of authoritarian legislatures underscore the importance of institutions for cooptation and information collection, but many still consider authoritarian legislatures rubber stamps in policy making.
Xiaobo Lü, Mingxing Liu, Feiyue Li
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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